Netflix streams

Feb 3rd, 2012

Studypool Tutor

Price: $10 USD

Tutor description

Netflix streams more than 1 billion hours of video per month and executes over 17 billion API calls per day, while maintaining the flexibility needed in its fast-changing business. The company's architecture and development approach are instructive for IT leaders in dynamic business environments.
Key Challenges
• Use of Netflix's streaming service is expanding rapidly in the U.S. while they are also rolling out their service in Latin America and Europe.
• Netflix handles more than 42 billion

Netflixstreams more than 1 billion hours of video per month and executes over 17 billion API calls per day, while maintaining the flexibility needed in its fast-changing business. The company's architecture and development approach are instructive for IT leaders in dynamic business environments.Key ChallengesUse ofNetflix's streaming service is expanding rapidly in the U.S. while they are also rolling out their service in Latin America and Europe.Netflixhandles more than 42 billion API requests per month, with peak usage jumping to more than 40,000 requests per second. Continuous availability is a non-negotiable requirement.Netflixsupports more than 1,000 user devices (e.g., video streaming devices, DVD players, smart TVs, video game consoles) and more are introduced every month.Application architectures and development processes must be designed to expect and accept application